NORFOLK FARM WORKERS’ STRIKE
QUIETENING EFFECT OF POLICE R EINFORCEMENTS. (Rec. April 11, 7.25 p.m.) . London, April 11. Reinforcements of Norfolk police have had a quietening effect on the strikers. Roving bands were followed by police in motor-lorries, with the result that many intimidated labourers are returning to work. Scores of farmers’ sons and pupils are leaving London to engage in farm work. The strikers’ leader visited tho King’s estates at Sandringham and urged the workers to join the union. Tiie Kinf employs, about sixty, only four of whom are unionists. Addressing a meeting of strikers, the leader said: “I ask you to join the union and stand firm beside your brothers, now fighting a noble battle.” When asked who would be tho first to join, none responded.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 175, 12 April 1923, Page 7
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